Frank stanley



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Letters Patent No. 82,172, dated September 15, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT lIN lJoININc AND FITTING Hoor-BOOKS.

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To ALL WIIoM IT MAY coNcERN:

. Beit known-that I, FRANK STANLEY, ofAustin, in the county of Travis, in the State of Texas, have invented a new and improved Hoof-Hook or cleaner, for cleaning Athehoofs of horses and mules; and I do hereby declare `that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a hoof-hook or cleaner, of iron or other suitable material,

to be usedfor cleaning the hoofs of horses or mules, which is attached to the back of an ordinary horse-brush, p

and retainedothere by a spring, which can also be made to detach it from there at pleasure.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. y I construct my hoof-hook or cleaner of iron or other suitable material, asreprescnted in full size-at Hin drawing, with a shoulder at J, and a notch at N. i

P is a metallic slide, (full sze,) with a projection, p, on its surface, against lthe side of which the spring S (described below) acts, and with a point, g, to t into the 'notch N of the hook, and confine the hook to its sheath. The end oi' the slide which projects beyond the side of the brush lis bent at right angles, to form a 3 button, B, which must be pressed against when it is required to draw out the hook H. This button Bis protected from accidental pressure by a projecting metallic guard, shown at G. S is a metallic coil-spring with two arms, one pressing against the projectionp ofthe slide, and the'other against the'shoulder J of the hook H. By the pressure of the spring against p, the button B, at the end of the slide P, is made to project beyond the edge of the brush, but it is prevented from projecting as much as the guard G, by a small pin, r, (see view of the under side of the cover C to the back of. the brush, which is grooved to receive I-I, l?, Aand S.)

The upper or exterior side of the cover C (which is screwed on the back of the brush) is smooth, and presents the appearance of the back fpan ordinary brush.

Slupposing the hook to be in its place in the sheath, if it is required to take it out, press against B. The

`arm of the spring S, working against p, is forced back,p taking the position p', and b, the inner end of the slide, goes to b. l.The pointvq leaves the notch N, when the pressure ofthe second arm of the spring S against the shoulder J of the hook, shoves it forward to J', and the hook projects out of its sheath, as indicated by the dotted line, and may be readily seized.-

When the hook is to be sheathed,V it must be run into the sheath formed by the groove cut into the cover C. The nose or projection between the notch N and the end of the handle of the hook'heing bevellcd, when pressed against the bevelled side of the point g, forces it back until it catches-into the Anotch N of the hookv and holds it.

4What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The fitting ofthe hoof-hook or cleaner into the back of the ordinary horse-brush, and the mechanism above described, by which it is confined in its sheath o r thrown out at pleasure, or any similar arrangement answering the same purpose.

FRANK STANLEY. Witnesses:

Tnos. J. DnvINE, WM. HIENER. 

